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as well as the North of the county; and if the gentlemen from the 
South will now come forth and wnite with the others, I am sure 
their accession will be hailed with gratitude. 
Str J. Awpry—Being one of those whom they had just hon- 
oured, by naming them as Vice-Presidents, thanked them for the 
honour conferred upon him. Mr. Fane had adverted to the fact 
that he (Sir J. Awdry) had the honour of presiding over his 
brother justices—himself a North Wiltshireman, but called to 
that position by the kindness, and certainly the absence of local 
jealousy, of a South Wiltshire bench. (Cheers.) In the next 
place their attention had been called to the physical conformation 
of the county, by which a natural division was effected between the 
parts. That had been aggravated by the civil separation carried 
out—he did not say improperly, but the effect had been that the 
local civil business had been separated, instead of being concen- 
trated. The fact was, they did associate less than he could wish, 
or under other circumstances would have done. But he, for one, 
had no jealousy towards the South, and he believed he might say 
the same for the entire Northern part of the county. He onl 
hoped that the excellent local Secretary, who had addressed them 
on the subject, would shortly obtain such an adhesion of members, 
from the South, as would remove what certainly had the appearance 
of jealousy on its part, although he believed it was only the ap- 
pearance, and not reality. 
Mr. Wirrey then proposed that the Rey. W. C. Lukis and the 
Rey. J. E. Jackson should be appointed as General Secretaries, 
and he also suggested that Mr. Cunnington should be appointed to 
the same office. 
Rey. Mr. Luxis expressed a wish to retire from the Secretary- 
ship, pleading his incompetency, and the distance at which he lived 
from Devizes, the head quarters of the Society. (This was met by 
cries of “No, no.”’) 
Mr. Cunnineton said he should be quite willing to act as a local 
Secretary, but must beg to decline to serve in the more general 
capacity. 
he motion, as it originally stood, was seconded by the Rev. B. 
©. Downrne, and adopted. 
The Presipenr said it was really to the labours of these gentlemen, 
who went by the comparatively unostentatious title of “secretaries,” 
that they look for the efficient management of the Society. All the 
hard work fell to them, and the general body of the members could not 
feel too much indebted to those gentlemen, who had accepted those 
more important offices, which at the same time passed under less 
gem names than some others in the Society. 
r. Kenrick, of Melksham, next proposed the names of several 
tlemen as the Committee for the year ensuing. 
Mr. Joun Brrrron seconded the nomination. He said he per- 
